Mary Castillo's Blog: News from Mary Castillo, page 22
August 30, 2012
Do Your Best | Tricycle
What is this? This is just your life. So you do your part, and the rest is clear. It is clear because there has never been anything lacking, despite any beliefs you might have, despite any ideas you might have. There has never been anything lacking.
Filed under: News
August 29, 2012
Lost in the Light: the Extended Excerpt
No one remembers…
One October morning in 1932, Vicente Sorolla entered the white house on the hill and was never seen again .
Now, Detective Dori Orihuela helplessly witnesses his brutal murder in her nightmares.
Settling into a 120 year-old Edwardian mansion, Dori restores her dream home while recovering from a bullet wound and waiting to go back on duty.
But then one afternoon, Vicente materializes out of her butler’s pantry and asks her to find a woman named Anna. Dori wonders if she’s not only about to lose her badge, but also her sanity.
Dori and Vicente’s unlikely friendship takes us back to the waning days of Prohibition in San Diego and the dusty barrio of National City. Mary Castillo’s new novel, featuring the wild Orihuela family that first delighted readers in Names I Call My Sister, weaves romance, history and a mystery into a humorous, touching and unforgettable story.
Lost in the Light, an eBook original, will be released on October 1, 2012.
Filed under: News
July 9, 2012
April 13, 2012
Wonder Woman’s Heroic Brutality #1
This will be my new screensaver.
Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe | Wonder Womans Heroic Brutality #1 – YouTube.
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April 10, 2012
In their words: Doug Seibold, founder, Agate Publishing | Lit & Lectures: Lit Feature | Chicago Reader
I love this guy's point of view:
"The status quo is good for the big guys, but when it starts to break down, opportunity is created for small companies like mine. And fortune favors the bold. There's a lot of things that are very, very uncertain right now, but from where I sit that's a good thing."
Filed under: eBook News
Shelf Awareness for Readers for Tuesday, April 10, 2012 | Shelf Awareness
Emotional response from a reader is the ultimate goal for a writer:
A young couple recently moved into the building. The wife started reading Disturbed. I asked her husband how she liked the book. "She's finding it really scary," he said. "The other night, while reading it in bed, she whispered to me, 'I can't believe Kevin wrote this… and he has our keys!' "
via Shelf Awareness for Readers for Tuesday, April 10, 2012 | Shelf Awareness.
Filed under: Inspiration
No Excuses | Tricycle
"Each of us has something to do in this lifetime; we have to find out what it is and do it."
Filed under: Inspiration
March 12, 2012
I couldn't have said it better
From Deanna Raybourn's blog:
"So the book went off into the ether and I have that at-loose-ends feeling, the little mourning that comes every time a book passes into other people's hands. For almost exactly a year, this book has been sitting in my head, challenging me, terrifying me, exciting me. And now it's just GONE. There will be more work to come on it, I have no doubt, but this first stage where it's MINE is finished."
via deannaraybourn.com.
Filed under: Inspiration
March 9, 2012
Industry Reactions to Jackie Collins' Self-Publishing Experiment – GalleyCat
In 2005, I met Jackie Collins when she spoke at Orange County RWA. She was very warm, funny and unflinching in her honesty. I'm not surprised she's taking a risk with eBooks.
"'If you have faith in something, do it yourself.'"
via Industry Reactions to Jackie Collins' Self-Publishing Experiment – GalleyCat.
Filed under: eBook News
March 7, 2012
Kara Gebhart Uhl: Apologies To The Parents I Judged Four Years Ago
My favorite line from this story:
"But within all these minor and major faults is a singular truth: Most days, I'm doing the best I can."
I'd like to add to those who are judging parents, just wait till its your turn!
Kara Gebhart Uhl: Apologies To The Parents I Judged Four Years Ago.
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